Project Engineer 3

POSITION SUMMARY: The Project Engineer is responsible for supporting company projects by representing engineering in the planning, coordination, and execution of assigned project activities. This position will directly support the day-to-day maintenance of contracted deliverables as well as planning for future phases of engineering work across multiple disciplines.  The Project Engineer often serves as a central point of contact between the engineering team and other internal and external stakeholders for technical and process related issues. Typical internal stakeholders include project engineering manager, work planning and execution leads, and engineering contributors and managers. External stakeholders will typically include partner engineering firms and customers. Success in this role requires the ability to efficiently formulate plans and strategies to address new demands, as well as the ability to build strong relationships and teams. This position will occasionally be responsible for engineering process related developments and will at times be asked to coordinate cross-functional project activities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provide direction and coordinate project related activities through engineering leads, supervisors, and managers.
2. Have knowledge and competency in planning complex projects with internal and external stakeholder milestones
3. Possess a diverse understanding of engineering disciplines to be able to provide input and support on a wide spectrum of technical and process related solutions.
4. Support and coordinate engineering responses to customer requests.
5. Proactively identify and achieve resolution of project issues and anticipated challenges, including escalation of issues within the NuScale organization when necessary.
6. Develop and maintain processes and procedures needed for the efficient execution of the engineering projects.
7. Support project risk assessment and risk mitigation activities.
8. Interact with project and engineering management from multiple companies to manage cross-functional technical interfaces.
9. Perform other duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES: To perform the job successfully, the individual should demonstrate competencies in performing the essential functions of this position by performing satisfactorily in each of these competencies.

• Business Acumen: A strategic thinker with good business perspective and an understanding of the company’s business. Able to function comfortably in political interactions. Capable of developing strong interpersonal networks within and exterior to the organization.
• Problem solving: Decisive with good judgment. Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and reviews information appropriately. Uses own judgment and acts independently; seeks input from other team members as appropriate for complex or sensitive situations.
• Oral/written communication: Strong communication skills, externally and internally. Listens carefully and speaks clearly and professionally in all situations. Edits work for accuracy and clarity, is able to create, read and interpret complex written information. Ability to develop strong interpersonal networks within the organization.
• Planning/organizing: Prioritizes and plans work activities, organizes personal and project timelines and deadlines, tracks project timelines and deadlines, and uses time efficiently.
• Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent interruptions, changes, delays, or unexpected events.
• Dependability: Consistently on time and at work, responds to management expectations and solicits feedback to improve performance.
• Team Building: Develops strong interpersonal networks and trust within the organization. Leads consensus by involving all stakeholders, facilitating their understanding of differences, agreeing on requirements and constraints, and developing the best solution.
• Safety Culture: Adheres to the NuScale Safety culture and is expected to model safe behavior and influence peers to meet high standards.
• Quality Assurance: Commits to the understanding and implementation of quality assurance regulations, standards, and guidelines of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 21,